Wealth and inheritance in the long run

Handbook of Income Distribution

Volumn 2, Issue , 2015, Pages 1303-1368

  Piketty, Thomas ^a   Zucman, Gabriel ^b  

^a PARIS SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (France)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Distribution; Growth; Inheritance; Pareto coefficient; Rate of return; Wealth

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920546393     PISSN: 15740056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-59429-7.00016-9     Document Type: Chapter

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